Needle.



No. 837.880. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

E. J. PLAYPOOT. NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1905.

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EDWARD J. PLAYFOOT, OF GALETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed May 6,1905. Serial No. 259,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. PLAYFooT, a citizen of the United St atesof America, residing at Galeton, in the county of Potter and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Needles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in needles designed primarilyfor use in lacing belt-sections or the like.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a needleconstructed and arranged to receive the lacing-thread in a manner toprevent projection thereof beyond the surface of the needle, whereby thelacing of a belt may be readily accomplished.

The preferred details of construction will be described in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a side elevation of my improved needle. Fig. 2 is a similarview taken from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ofthe same, a single thread being shown in place therein. on line 4 4,Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the drawings, my improved needle comprises abody 1 of any desired material, having a pointed end 2 for ready passagethrough the article to be laced. At the opposite end the body is formedwith a longitudinal opening 3, arranged centrally of and concentric withthe body, communicating forward of the rear end of the body, saidopening 3 bein bounded by an unbroken circumferential wall and with alateral opening 4. Slightly forward of the opening 4 and diametricallyopposite thereto is formed a second opening 5, which is in communicationwith the open ing 3, the forward wall of opening 5 extending forward inadvance of the forward wall of opening 4, though, as will be evidentfrom the drawings, these openings are so arranged relatively as toprovide an uninterrupted opening extending wholly through and directlytransverse of the length of the needle. A laterally-extending opening 6,arranged forward of the opening 4 and in longitudinal alinementtherewith, also communicates with the longitudinal opening 3, beingabout diametrically opposite the forward end of the opening 5. The wallforming the forward boundary of the openings 6 and 5 is inclinedrelative to the transverse plane of the body,

Fig. 4 is a section whereby to reduce the diameter of the opening 6toward its mouth. The openings 4 and 5 are elongated, as shown, whilethe opening 6 is circular, though practically but slightlyv less indiametrical dimensions than the width of the openings 4 and 5. By thearrangement described I provide a longitudinal feedopening 3, extendinglengthwise the body of the needle and in communication with elongatedlateral openings 4 and 5, arranged diametrically opposite each other,and with a smaller opening 6, the wall of which is practically acontinuation transversely of the wall of the opening 5. An abutment 7,formed of an integral part of the needle-body, is provided between theopenings 4 and 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the abutment resultingfrom the longitudinal spacing of the openings 4 and 6, as will beevident.

In use the rawhide or other lacing 8 is fed terminally, the opening 3,with its free end passed around the abutment 7 and projected laterallythrough the small opening 6, being severed in alinement with the planeof the needle body. This arrangement of the thread, due to the bindingthereof about the abutment 7, with the end held within the narrowopening 6, serves to secure the lacing in place and permit its readypassage through the belt Without liability of disengagement from theneedle. The lateral openings 4 and 5 serve to permit the manipulation ofthe thread and causing the same to be passed around the abutment 7 andthrough the opening 6.

In the use of a needle constructed and arranged as described the threador lacing designed to cooperate therewith is quickly and readily securedto the needle in manner to avoid any projecting thread portion, wherebythe ready lacing of the article is facilitated.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let- .ters Patent, is.

A needle formed with a longitudinallyarranged feed-passage bounded by anunbroken circumferential wall, an opening extending laterally throughthe needle and communicating with the feed-passage, a second openingextending laterally through the needle and in communication with thefeed-passage, said second opening being ar: ranged at a pointdiametrically opposite the first opening with its forward wall extendingin advance of the forward Wall of the first diameter of the thirdopening toward its opening, anabutment forming the forward mouth. 10

Wall of the first opening, and a third opening In testimony whereof IaffiX my signature formed in the needle in longitudinal alinein presenceof tWo Witnesses.

ment with the first opening and forward of EDWARD J. PLAYFOOT. theabutment, the Wall of the third opening Witnesses: being coincident withthe forward Wall of the I FRANK L. SNYDER,

second opening and inclined to reduce the CHARLES A. SNYDER.

